I missed the first song of Real Estate’s show – and it was awkward. I gauged time badly and arrived approximately ten minutes into the band's set and quickly made my way to the front to appreciate the second half of “Municipality.” When I...
Heya junky,Awright, I ain't got a whole lotta time ta dink aroun' witchu tuhday ya twerps, so's I'mma jus' get in, getchu yer SWAG an'get gone – ya get me? The upside fer you izzat I nabbed some pretty primo gear fo'ya dis week,...
Secret City is pleased to announce the release of Patrick Watson’s new album, Adventures In Your Own Backyard, on April 17th in Canada. The 12-track album will see release in the rest of the world via Domino. Adventures In Your Own Backyard, the fourth...
Devo brought their Something For Everybody tour back to San Francisco for the second time in less than a year on January 14 and, judging from the capacity crowd who were dancing and spilling their drinks for the entire set, the band did indeed bring something for...
The peril that every record label faces when they consider reissuing an augmented edition of a record which is already considered a classic is that they run the risk of alienating some fans and/or challenging their perception of it. For some fans of any band, the music...
It might surprise readers to discover that Nada Surf never dissolved after their fifteen minutes ran out in 1996 and their hit single, “Popular,” went stale. Readers may be floored to learn that, since then, the band has kept a consistent release schedule...
Happy Christmas Two Junky,Well, I think that's what John Lithgow called it anyway, an' we'll call it that on accountabecause "The Biggest SWAG Report I done in a while, ya lucky punk" doesn't exactly roll off the tongue – ya know what...
While some listeners may be surprised at the changes Ani DiFranco has made to her style and forms for her new album, ¿Which Side Are You On? (her seventeenth album in twenty-two years), it's easy to forget some of the events which have affected the singer...
There is no shortage of great “horrible show” stories scattered through music history, but seldom does an overwhelming air of pathetic fallacy begin to loom even before any of the bands scheduled to play step foot onstage. That's exactly what happened...